The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-03-11
NEWS FROM CONGRESS.
SENATE.

OF yesterdays session, at 10 u. IN. After
some unimportant business the senate
closed the legislative day OF Wednesday by
adjournment, and at II opened the last
! legislative day of the Forty-niRth congress.
The resolution OF Mr.. COCkrell for n select
committee OF five senators to ex-
anime into the business OF the executive
department in Washington, the causes ofde
lay in the transaction OF public business,
as to the necessity Of additional buildings,
etc, was taken up. Mr.. Van Wyck offered
an amendment to add the words land al
30 to the cause Of delay in t~ransacting pub.
lie business in congress-" The amendment
was rejected. The resolution was agreed
to-. The conference report on the house
bill authorizing the employment OF male
messengers in the postal service was made
and concurred in. The legislative bill was
passed with SOM unimportant amend
ments.
Nearly the whole gay was taken upin con-
ference reports between the two houses,
enlivend occasionally by sharp discus
sions.
HOUSE
Mr.. Haynes called up the vetoed senate
bill granting arrears OF pension to Thomas
Hopkins. The house refused TO pass the
bin over the veto-yeas 1873, nays 95.
L a. "a Glu9CI w pass GhU pdlly ALL
Bradley pension bill over the veto-yeas,
1913; nays, 122. Mr.. Cox IN. c. moved to
suspend the rules and pass the senate bin
repeating the tenure OF Office act. Agreed
to and the bill was passed-172 to 67.
On motion of Mr.. Anderson (Ohio) the
house passed over the presidents veto
yeas 1873, nays 63-the senate bill for the
erection OF a building at Dayton, Ohio.
Mr.. Wilson (W. Va reported a further
disagreement on the District OF Columbia
apprOp riatiOn bill.
Mr.. Henderson Nowa) moved to suspend
the rules and pass the senate bill granting
a pension Of $4,000 a year to Mary E..
Logan.
Mr.. Matson opposed the bill. The
motion to suspend the rules and pass the
bill was l~ost-yeas Jag, nays 113-not
the necessary two-thirds in the affirmative.
The president approved the following:
The act to authorize the president to pro-
tect and defend the rights Of American
fishing vessels, American fishermen, Ameri-
a trading and other vessels in British
dOminions OF North America; the Indian
appropriation bill; the act to establish
agricultural experiment stations in
Connection with the colleges established
under the act OF July 2, 1862; the act re-
lating to contested elections; the diploma
tic appropriation bill; the agricultural
appropriation bill; the act to restrict the
ownership OF real estate in the territories
to American citizens; the Pacific railroad
inquiry bill; to repeal the tenure OF Off CO
act.
LAST DAY OF H SESSION.
Senators Sherman and Salisbury were ap-
pointed TO join a like committee on the part
Of the house TO wait on the president and
inform him that the two houses had CON
pleted their busine and were ready to ad-
lourn, unless he had something further to
submit to them. The presiding officer an
bounced the appointment of Messrs. Cock
cell, Harris, Jones (Ark.) Platt and Cullom
as the committee on investigation in the ex-
ecutive department; MeRsrs. Dolph and
Cockreil to attend the annual examinations
ut the military academy, and Messrs.
Aldrtch and Gray on the board of examiners
ut the naval academy. Aresolution of thanks
10 the presiding officer for his ability courtesy
and impartiality was offered by Mr.. Harris
and unanimously adopted A subsistence of
business and a general lull in the senate
chamber followed, it being understood that
the president of the United States was on
his way to the capitol. One of his secre-
taries, Mr.. Pruden, appeared and announced
that the president had approved and signed
several bills. The president himself had
about that time reached his room in the
capitol Messrs, Sherman aud Salisbury re-
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president and inquire il he had any further
communication 90 make to congress had
performed that duty, and had been assured
by the president that he had no further COM
munication to make. The presiding officer
then announced that the senate stood adj
lourned without day. The dial of the sem
ate clock showed it to lack fou minutes of
the hour Of noon, but the actual time was
four minutes past.
THE FINALE IN THE HOUSE.
A few minutes after 3 q. m. Biount an
bounced hat the conference committee on
The postoffice appropriation bill had reached
an agreement by the recession Of the senate
conferrees from the Subsidy amendment.
b report was agreed to. thus disposing of
the bill finally. The Legislative bill came
from the senate about 8 o'clock, and it was
immediately called up by Mr.. Holman, who
explained that the point Of difference re-
manning between the W houses was the
Item for secretaries for senators. After a
heated controversy between Messrs Town
shend and Cabell, the former severely critl-
cising the house conferrees for Yield
Ing, as he said, TO the dictation
OF the senate, while the latter Wig
orously defended them, Mr.. Holman
moved that the house recede from its d:s-
agreement to the senatorial clerk amend
ment Carried, thus passing the Legislative
appropriation bill. The deficiency bill had
not reached the house. yet on motion of
Mr.. Long the senate amendments to the bill
were n-on-eoncurred In, and the speaker au-
thorized to appoint a conference committee.
The conference report on the bill adding
various cities to the list Of reserve bank
fund cities was adopted At IL o'clock a
resolution was adopteS for the appointment
OF q committee to inform the president that
congress was ready to adjourn sine die. Mr..
Reed tMr. Hatch being in the chair) offered
The following resolution, which was adopted
unanimously by a standing vote:
Resolved, That the thanks OF this house are
hereby rendered to the Hon John g. Carlisle.
the speaker, for the courtesy, ability and fair
ness with which be has presided over the delib-
e~fatiOns OF the Fo~rty-ninth congress.
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WORK OF CONGRESS.